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A59377	The several informations of John Mac-Namarra, Maurice Fitzgerrald, and James Nash [brace] gent. relating to the horrid Popish plot in Ireland together with the resolutions of the Commons in Parliament upon the said informations, and message from the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament : Thursday the 6th of January.	Macnamara, John, Gent.; Fitzgerrald, Maurice.; Nash, James.	1681 (1681)	Wing S2767; ESTC R33872	9,769	16

THE SEVERAL INFORMATIONS OF JOHN MAC-NAMARRA Gent. MAURICE FITZGERRALD Gent. And JAMES NASH Gent. Relating to the HORRID POPISH PLOT IN IRELAND Together with the RESOLUTIONS OF THE COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT Upon the said INFORMATIONS and MESSAGE from the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Thursday the 6th of January Perused and appointed to be Printed according to the Order of the House of Commons by me W. Williams Speaker January 6. 1680. DVBLIN Reprinted by Joseph Ray at College Green for Samuel Helsham and Joseph Howes and are to be sold by the rest of the Booksellers in Dublin 1681. THE INFORMATION OF JOHN MAC-NAMARRA WHO Informeth and saith That William Bradley Esq one of His Majesties Justices of the Peace for the County of Waterford in the Year 1677. gave him the said Informant an Oath of Secrecy touching the Plot intended and designed in Ireland by the Earl of Tyrone and the rest of the Confederates against the Kings Majesty At which time he imparted to this Informant the Earl of Tyrone had received a Commission from the French King to be a Colonel of Horse in the County of Waterford and that the said William Bradley was to be his Lieutenant Colonel and desired this Informant to provide himself with Horse and Arms and to procure as many as he could of those he dare trust and that this Informant should have a Command of being a Captain under the said Earl and Him Whereupon this Informant did provide himself and speak unto John Follis James Finican and Dennis Mac-Namarra to provide themselves with such Necessaries as were requisite for that purpose informing them also That Mr. Bradley did impart such matters unto this Informant and who knew that the said Mac-Namarra had imparted such matters to the said James Dennis who afterwards did confess the same to his Grace the Lord Lieutenant and Council and before this Informant had liberty to speak with them or they with him being then kept close Prisoner from any one of the Kings Evidence The precedent Examination this Informant gave when on a Petition preferred by the rest of the Kings Evidences this Informant was kept from any of the Earls Friends and from Quarter-Master Ely who was always with this Informant before and not denied to be with him But on the Petition of the aforesaid Gent. then it was Ordered That this Informant should be kept close and not to have any to come to him This Informant was then very fearful to discover his Mind because of the guilt that was upon him being Condemned which after a promise of pardon if this Informant spake the Truth he then resolved to Discover so far as he knew though against himself Upon which he freely declared his mind in this following examination After the aforesaid William Bradley did impart to this Informant the aforesaid Treason this Informant met with the Earl of Tyrone upon the Land of Gaveston in the County of Waterford with two of his men viz Thomas Power his Gentleman and Garret Mac-Teige his Follower and another whose name is Luke Power this Informant haveing in company with him one William Power and Boetius Clausy being then abroad Hunting with Dogs The said Earl knowing this Informant at a distance called to him upon which this Informant went to him The said Earl taking this Informant from the company asked him whether Mr. Bradley had imparted to him any matter of Secrecy this Informant replyed that he had The said Earl then told this Informant that he must be very private and discover it to none but those he was very sure of After which the said Earl drew a List out of his Pocket and shewed this Informant a List of several persons that were to be Superior Officers both in the County of Waterford County of Cork County of Kerry County of Limerick and County of Clare which this Informant took special notice of and knew several of the Persons amongst the rest the Earl entred my Name with my own Pen and Ink in the List The said Earl telling this Informant he had his Commission sent him from the French King under Hand and Seal to be a Colonel of a Regiment of Horse in the County of Waterford and said there was hardly a County in Ireland but persons were appointed by the French King for that purpose and named in the County of Limerick Colonel Peirce Lucy and the Lord Brittas Sir John Fitz gerrald David Fitz-gerrald and several others in the County of Clare John Mac-Namarra and several others in the County of Kerry Sir Turlo Mac-Mahan and several others in the County of Cork and that the said Earl of Tyrone was to be Colonel in the County of Waterford and Mr. Bradley to be his Lieutenant Colonel Quarter-Master Ely his Major Mr. John Butler Senior his Captain with the names of several others of that Company which he did not read unto this Informant The said Earl saying they were to raise several hundreds of men in every County and that the Superiour Officers were to meet on purpose to return an exact account of their Forces to the French King On which the said King would Land many thousands of men in the River Shanon and assoon as they were Landed the next business was to go to the City of Limerick with 500 men and divide them into two Parts the one party to enter the City at Candle-light and that at several Gates and such as best knew the City were appointed to set upon the Guards and put them all to the Sword and the rest to be hard by the City and to enter in immediatly when the Alarm was given and the Body of the Army to draw up as fast as they could By which said the Earl we do not question but to possess our selves of the City and Kings Castle and to banish the English very soon and indeed said the Earl 't is the Providence of God to bring some Down-fall on that unjust King the Duke of Ormond and his Children that wronged me in so high a Nature on the account of Villiers therefore said the Earl Go home lose no time but make your selves ready for we know not how soon occasion may require your Assistance and speak to as many Friends as you can which accordingly this Informant did and provided Horse and Arms for that purpose After Discovery made hereof by Hubburt Bourke as you may read in his Information who partly knew the Proceedings and having Discovered the same was bound by Recognizance to prosecute the said Earl at the next Assize at Waterford he did for want of this Informants and others Testimonies absent himself from the Assizes unto which he was bound and for other Reasons mentioned in his Examination But in a short time after the said Earl hearing that Mr. Bourke was going for England to make his application to the King and Parliament the said Earl Commanded this Informant to write unto the said Bourke which accordingly he did and signified

house of Entertainment three Miles Westward of Waterford And that in the same year 1676. This Informant took extraordinary notice of it being not a thing so usual But being in company with several of the said Priests in the said house and that at several times and especially with Dean Power aforesaid who was next in power to the said Brenan This Informant began to enquire the reason of their publick meetings so often it being in time of Prosecution The said Power made answer that he would satisfie him as to that effect Patron day at Kesk which on our Lady following being within few days after the said time which accordingly he did as followeth The Congregation being gathered together to confess and receive the Sacrament after the Popish way one Edmond Power a Jesuit preached a Sermon which was to let the Congregation understand that they had Indulgences from the Pope of Rome granted them and liberty to eat Flesh on Wednesdays But in the Conclusion told them there was some consideration whereupon this was granted which the Priest of every Parish was to give in charge to his Parishioners at the time of Confession and proceeded no farther On which the Priests fell to their Offices which was to confess the Congregation And this Informant being then one of that Religion this Informant confessed to the aforesaid Dean Power but in his Confession the said Dean gave this Informant in charge as followeth That he should not divulge to any person whatsoever on pain of mortal Sin and Damnation what he would impart to this Informant which this Informant promised he would not with that he proceeded thus That the consideration of the aforesaid Indulgence and Liberty was that whoever was in a capacity to help assist the holy cause designed and in hand for a long time was to have great preferments together with the benefit of the aforesaid Indulgences which was a pardon of Sins for many years and also that the Clergy of Ireland were to have the benefits and profits of the Tithes accruing out of each Parish with the Gleabes and Monks lands and Appurtenances belonging unto them which the Hereticks did wrongfully possess for a long time And that the French King and the rest of the Popish Confederates together with the assistance of his Holiness the Pope did intend imediately to Invade the Kingdoms of England and Ireland and doubted not but by the assistance of God to fulfil it ere it be long and to wash the hands of Hereticks out of the Estates of our Ancestors for the Duke of York gives full consent and is of our side together with the assistance of the Earl of Anglesea and several other Persons of Quality in that Kingdom whom we are ordered to celebrate several hundreds of Masses which he the said Dean had accordingly ordered all the Popish Priests within his Jurisdiction After which time this Informant observ'd that there were several Masses celebrated in the Honour of the Earl of Anglesea through the said County of Waterford And also the said Dean said that the Earl of Anglesea did endeavour that the Parliament should not Sit with the assistance of the Duke of York to prevent the Persecution of Roman Catholicks In October 1679 this Informant being then imployed by the Earl of Tyrone to Tamper with Mr. Bourke as is set forth in this Informants former Informations the said Earl shewed him a letter from his Father-in-Law the Earl of Anglesea wherein he read that the said Earl made so many Friends both in England and in Ireland that he need not fear what was laid to his Charge And that he spoke to the Duke of York about the same which the Duke promised he would John Mac-Namarra THE INFORMATION OF MAURICE FITZ GERALD Gent. TAKEN BEFORE US John Odel and Nicholas Mounckton and George Aylmer Esqs Three of His Majesties Justices of the Peace for the County of Lymerick THe Informant being duly Sworn on the Holy Evangelist saith That on or about Winter 1676. after Captain Thomas Mac Inerina return'd out of Flanders and France whither he had been imploy'd as Agent from the Irish Gentry there was a very great Meeting at Collonel Pierce Lacy's House at Curroe where met besides the said Collonel the Lord of Brittas Molowny the Popish Titular Bishop of Killalow Brenane the Popish Bishop of Waterford Duly the Popish Bishop of Lymerick Two Jesuits whose Names this Informant knows not Sir John Fitz Gerrald John Power Son to David Power late of Killalow John Hurley Eustace White John Bourke of Cahirmoyhill William Bourke his Brother Captain John Purdon Captain Thomas Mac Inerina Captain Richard Stephenson Mr. David Fitz Gerrald this Informant and several others whose Names he remembers not Where and at which time the said Captain Mac Inerina gave an Account of the Effects of his Agency and what Force the French King had promised to send over into this Kingdom of Ireland which to the best of this Informants remembrance was to be about Twenty Thousand Men and Artillery Arms and Ammunition for Twenty Thousand Men more which were to be raised in Munster And they then and there consulted how the Twenty Thousand Men should be raised and resolved it should be by their Clergy made Computation and Appointed how many each Priest should raise in his Parish And likewise appointed the Officers that should Command and says that the Lord of Brittas Colonel Peirce Lacy Sir John Fitz Gerrald John Mac-Namarra of Cratelagh John Power Captain Suillivane of Beerhaven one Carty and several others were to be Colonels That John Bourke of Cahirmohill was to be Lieutenant Colonel and that Captain Thomas Mac-Inerina was to be Lieutenant Colonel or Major to Captain Suilivanes Regiment and that Captain John Pardon Captain Richard Stephenson Mr. John Hurley and Eustace White were to be Field-Officers And he hath heard that Mr. John Anketill was to be Lieutenant Colonel And that Mr William Bourke Mr. Theobald Dowdall Mr. Oliver Stephenson Mr David Fitz Gerrald now in London this Informant and several others were then appointed Captains And that John Bourke of Ardagh and several others were appointed Lieutenants and that John Dury and Thady Quin were to be Captains and that Nicholas Bourke and many others of Lymerick were then pitched on for the surprize of Lynd whose Names at present he remembers not And saith that on notice from Captain Suilivane of Beerhaven of the French's Landing there was a Massacre of all the English 〈◊〉 in one Night and persons particularly assigned to the Massacre or Murther of every Family And saith that the Popish Servants in each Family were to betray and open the Doors or some other way let in those Irish and so Murther the English in their Beds and after if they could not surprize they were immediately to Besiege Lynd and saith that by reason of the Emperour the King of Spain and other the Confederates joyning and assisting the Dutch the French King was hindered from